Klaus, born May 25, 1948, is a German vocalist, songwriter and instrumentalist best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Scorpions. He and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, though he did not join the band until 1969, four years after they were founded. Meine was placed at #22 on Hit Parader's Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time list in 2006.
Meine is noted for his unique tenor voice and polished delivery which ranges from high notes to soft ballads.
Meine wrote most of the lyrics to Scorpions' songs. He also shared authorship of some lyrics with Herman Rarebell (former drummer of Scorpions) on some songs like the major hit "Rock You Like a Hurricane". Meine composed some songs alone like "Wind of Change", "You and I", "But the Best for You", "Does Anyone Know", "A Moment in a Million Years", "Moment of Glory", "I Wanted to Cry", "Back to You", "My City, My Town", "Follow Your Heart", "Rock'n' Roll Band", "The World We Used To Know" and "Who We Are".
In 1981, after a world tour and during the recording of the Blackout album, Meine lost his voice to the extent that he couldn't even speak properly. Meine was advised by his doctor to consider another profession because of his voice problems. However, Scorpions stuck together, and, after therapy and two vocal cord surgeries, Meine's voice recovered.
In 1990, Meine performed in the Live In Berlin rendition of Roger Waters' "The Wall." Meine was a highlight singer during the performance. In the year 2000, he was awarded the city of Hannover plaque and the Cross of Merit First Class (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit. In 2008, Dommenget released a Klaus Meine signature guitar that was given to him on his 60th birthday. On the Humanity World Tour and the Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour, Meine has used this guitar when performing.
Besides the Scorpions, he has also collaborated on "Bridge to Heaven" with Uli Jon Roth; "Send Me An Angel," "Bigger than life", "Keep the World Child" and "Jerusalem of Gold" with the Israeli singer Liel Kolet; in "Bis wohin reicht mein Leben" from Rilke Projekt; "Wind of Change" with the tenor José Carreras and the song "Dying for an Angel" from the album "The Wicked Symphony" from Avantasia, as well as in the promotional video clip.
Last year Klaus had more vocal problems & after being advised by his doctors a handful of concerts were cancelled in Australia to rest his vocal chords.
Here comes the padding out bit!
Birthday: May 25, 1948
Residence Hannover
Height: 168 cm
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Marital status: Married
Children: Yes
Hobbies: Cars, music, tennis
Favorite food: Italian and Asian
Favorite car: Mercedes 500 SL
Favorite sport: Tennis, Soccer
Favorite book: Biographies
Interests: Music, politics
Favorite film: "Rain Man", "Forrest Gump"
Favorite actor Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman
Favorite places: Berlin, Los Angeles, Paris, New York
Where can you relax? At home
What don't you like? Intolerance
Ever played in any other bands? Copernicus, Mushrooms
What motivates you? New challenges, music, creative people
How do you spend your free time? With my family and good friends
Charities: Nordoff Robbins, Unicef
Well that it from me, I'll be back tomorrow arvo to finish off the week & officially start the weekend. Until then Keep Rockin'
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